Production Planner

We are currently working with one of Northern Irelands most well-established food manufacturing companies as they look to add a Production Planner / Scheduler to their team.

Offering a long-term pathway & continuous development you will support with scheduling all factory activity, delivering on production plans and service level targets.

So, if you an ambitious individual with experience in planning within the FMCG industry then this role could be ideal.

Responsibilities include:

• Schedule all site activity and ensure schedules are sufficient to deliver customer service level targets.
• Optimise product sequences, volumes, allergen sequences, maintenance windows, training events and new product trials to drive improved business performance across the balanced scorecard.
• Alongside Operation teams, plan site labour requirement to deliver production plans.
• Create and continuously improve ideal production sequences that optimise delivery at the lowest cost.
• Build strong relationships with the site Operations team. Utilise these relationships to solve problems quickly & effectively.
• Build strong relationships with customer supply chain contacts. Utilise these relationships to optimise product flow across the end-to end supply chain.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Experience in a FMCG Industry, ideally in a planning or scheduling role.
• Understanding of OPEX and it’s use in optimising production schedules.
• Experience in production Planning & Scheduling with an in depth understanding of planning systems and their optimisation.
• Working Knowledge of SAP & Innova or similar manufacturing systems

For further details please apply directly below or call Darrach on (phone number removed)